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Hi there, me again. To be fair to the GLA as far as I know it manages no parks. The Mayor and the GLA have financially a very narrow remit (Fire Services, Policing, Public Transport) and parks in London are managed not by the Mayor, but by Royal Parks (Regents, Richmond, Hyde, Green Parks etc)  and the London Boroughs (smaller, local parks). Hampstead Heath used to be managed by the GLC, then it moved to the City of London Corporation for its management. While both Royal Parks and the City of London have instituted wildlife-friendly improvements, they have had to cope with a massive footfall, ever-increasing as not just residents but tourists have discovered these parks and are visiting them keenly, and maybe people are becoming even more aware of the benefits of personal exercise in public places, as well as needing places to walk their dogs. There is also the need to make money, so the Royal Parks host concerts and shows like the massive "Winter Wonderland". Wildlife, what's left of it, has to compete with ever increasing numbers of humans and dogs. Waterfowl apart, maybe, it seems to be a recipe for decline. But an ever-growing population of 70 million people and 13 million dogs means that humans and dogs probably outnumber most other wildlife species here in the UK, are larger and much more destructive, and the environment in cities like London certainly reflects that. Nightingales in Berlin? Oh yes! I stood on a packed U-Bahn platform last summer during rush-hour and listened to a Nightingale singing in track-side scrub. What a treat!

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canterburyswifts <canterbu...@gmail.com>: Mar 27 10:31AM -0700

Thank you Alistair and Dick.
 
Still a very relevant article Dick and certainly gives a good explanation
of the whys and wherefores of the NRS.
Of course no more actual cards anymore, though I quite liked using them, a
good few years ago now!
 
Hopefully a few groups will appeal to their 'nest cam' members to join the
scheme and submit data.
 
Many thanks
Ginny
 
 
 
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Peter Smart <bromleyrs...@gmail.com>: Mar 27 04:16PM -0700

I've forwarded the link on to two members within the RSPB Bromley Local
Group whose Swift nest boxes are regularly occupied.
 
On Friday, March 27, 2026 at 5:32:00 PM UTC canterburyswifts wrote:
 
Graham Knight <gpk...@gmail.com>: Mar 27 04:06PM

Dear all,
 
 
 
It is finally time to share a short summary of the results of our nest
survey from last year:
 
 
 
The survey recorded a total of *1082* Swift nests in the county in 2025,
with *96* of these (*8.87%*) being in Swift boxes or bricks.
 
 
 
The survey results are largely due to collaboration between several Swift
groups, who undertook many hundreds of hours of survey work, both using the
traditional survey method where observations take place of Swifts entering
and exiting nest sites, and the “call and response” method which is best
used early in the morning. At least 450 of the nest records were found by
call and response.
 
 
 
Three towns reached the milestone of joining the “100 club”: *Hertford (144
nests), Hitchin (118 nests) *and* Bishop’s Stortford (100 nests)*, the
latter being home to the fabulous colony at Redwood Court which recorded a
minimum of 47 nests in a single building.
 
 
 
Further, the East Herts District Council area (which includes Hertford,
Ware and Bishop’s Stortford) recorded 462 nests as a result of a large
amount of survey work. The detailed records from this area, which include
precise nest locations, allow us to compare with previous years: it appears
that at least 285 of the 355 East Herts nests recorded in 2024 were again
occupied in 2025, a minimum return rate of 80%. The actual rate is likely
to be higher, with some nests probably missed and a few not checked in 2025.
 
 
 
The map and table show the Swift hotspots – however we are of the view that
there are a lot more Swift nests to be found, and that considerably less
than half of the Swift nests have been recorded this year.
 
 
 
This is because although records have come from all over the county,
intensive survey work has not been carried out in many towns, especially in
the western and southern parts of Hertfordshire – and no evening surveys
have been done in many areas. For example, Watford is the largest town in
the county but only 6 hours of survey work took place, resulting in 18
nests being found.
 
 
 
This leads us to the conclusion that the actual county Swift population is
at least in the region of 2500 to 3000 pairs, if not higher. We also
believe that if survey work were to be carried out intensively in other
counties, far more nests would be found than suspected, and that the
national population is considerably greater than official estimates.
 
 
 
It is hoped that the number of Swifts using bricks and boxes will continue
to increase in future years and that this will help to stabilise the county
population.
 
 
 
My personal takeaways from this: the more you survey for Swift nests, the
more you will find, and there are always more Swift nests than you think
there are.
 
 
 
Many thanks to everyone who told us about Swift nest sites, and in
particular the following who all put in many hours of hard work: Clive and
Helen Fleming (Hertford Swift Group) Gavin Vicary (North East Herts Swift
Group), Jayne Topping (Ware Swifts & House Martins) and Dean Cornish and
Helen Matthews (Hitchin Swift Action). Particular thanks to Dean for the
map as well.
 
 
Roll on 2026!
 
 
Best wishes
 
 
Graham Knight
Sawbridgeworth Swifts
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Edward Mayer <edward...@zen.co.uk>: Mar 27 09:14AM

Dear Annie, Quite honestly, this is in my opinion no more than a PR
stunt. Inserting a handful of Storks and a couple of dozen beavers into
London is in no sense at all "Re-wilding". It's just a "feel good"
exercise to make people think that the GLA is on top of a problem that
is more or less insoluble, the devastation of what is left of wildlife
in London. I have lived much of my life here, and what I see is birdlife
withering away. We used to have House Martins and Tawny Owls a-plenty in
this area of London where I live. Both species have vanished, together
with Spotted Flycatchers, Willow Warblers, and most of the Thrushes and
Swifts too. The massive increase in the dog population driven by Covid
sees all publicly accessible green spaces turned in to public dog
toilets, with again a suppressive effect on bird life; there are almost
no ground nesting birds left in London. These sort of PR exercises,
inserting a handful of birds and mammals at great cost into a broadly
hostile environment, are substitutes for the long hard slog to get some
real effective action on re-wilding, or even just making conditions that
bit better for birds. Just controlling dog access to parks and nature
reserves could bring back the Skylark, and maybe the Wheatear too, but
it's difficult, expensive, requires people to be employed to administer
and enforce it, and might be unpopular with some or even many voters. So
it won't happen. What happens is one-off PR stunts. Sorry! The only
answer meanwhile is to rewild our own gardens. All the best, Edward
 

Alistair <alis...@alofanglia.plus.com>: Mar 27 10:03AM

As Edward says its a whole range of factors that have caused the dramatic wildlife decline.
 
Old trees removed as they can fall on people will mean crevice nesting species have nowhere to live, the canals are now fully occupied by live aboards so disturbance will mean aquatic animals are affected, domestic predator numbers (cats and dogs) are probably at an all time high which causes disturbance and lack of prey (small mammals and birds). Petro horticulture sprays, lack of native plants for insects to use, no hay meadows, no livestock as agriculture is unviable which means no insects, no derelict buildings, all eaves are now sealed for energy conservation, ponds disappeared, paved over from gardens, astroturf rear lawns.
 
None of the Grand Design programmes or gorgeous George ever mention conservation in architecture…..
 
So it would be great if GLA did do more and maybe change the contracts for the parkland management. Dedicate 30% to wildlife friendly measures. Don’t chip all the fallen branches, leave large tree trunks, exclude people to protect veteran trees etc
 
However people can make a difference despite what the politicians do and No Mow May is an example along with the Wildlife Trust Campaign to make gardens wildlife friendly, along with the swift movement….
 
Just writing to a local paper, taking action in your own area, talking to your neighbours all makes a difference….
 
Just watched The Wild Gardener which although on a big scale 1 acre the same principles apply to a small area https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00121fw. Now need to read William Robinson book The Wild Gardener…
 
There is the wildlife gardening forum too: https://wlgf.org
 
How about Moor meadows? Register your lawn as a meadow and see how it changes under a hay regime…. https://moormeadows.org.uk
 
How does Berlin do it? Apparently they have a thriving nightingale population…..
 
Lastly despite the lack of response from politicians people across the UK are making a difference in their areas for swifts and wildlife in general!
 
Sorry for the rant…
 
Alistair
 
 
Clair Amos <clairam...@hotmail.co.uk>: Mar 27 09:57AM

Hi Hannah I'm based in wyre forest (kidderninster) and know of some nest sites in houses near me. They are natural nest sites please contact me if I can help clair swift friends wyre forest
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Hannah Bourne-Taylor <hannahbou...@gmail.com>: Mar 26 04:20PM
 
Hi everyone,
If you know of swift colonies or even houses with swifts in and around
Birmingham or the West Midlands, could you let me know? I am working on a
swift project and I need to find a swift place in that area.
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Nick Bentham-Green <nickbent...@hotmail.com>: Mar 26 12:15PM
 
Graham,
 
There is a significant swift roost site (circa 40 + nests) on the eastern side of Plymouth Sound. It is now called Bovisand Wall, and is a huge piece of stonework about 100m long and about 30m tall. In its former life it was the 'stop-butts' for a Royal Marines rifle range. It used to be an MOD site, but I'm not sure if it is now.
I have attempted to id where all the nests are, with a few others ( inc Stephen Fitt), but with approx 80 swifts hurtling around it proved challenging!
 
Nick
 
SE Cornwall
 
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Subject: Re: [SLN] Largest Swift colonies on a single building?
 
Thank you for the various replies to this request. It is interesting that we don't have many examples of large "natural" nest sites, as opposed to where boxes are provided, although the latter might be easier to monitor. Perhaps the days of 100 or more nests on a building are a thing of the past?
 
Alistair - the Segovia viaduct must be a wonderful site to visit in summer - I won't use it as a comparison for Bishop's Stortford however!
 
Best wishes
 
Graham Knight
Sawbridgeworth Swifts
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On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 at 10:11, Alistair <alis...@alofanglia.plus.com<mailto:alistair<mailto:alistair>@alofanglia.plus.com>> wrote:
Do foreign countries count too? I think about 2000 pairs in the roman aqueduct in Segovia, 80km NW of Madrid https://www.turismodesegovia.com/en/acueducto/historia-del-acueducto
 
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On 25 Mar 2026, at 09:48, 'Tanya Hoare' via swiftslocalnetwork <swiftsloc...@googlegroups.com<mailto:swiftslocalnetwork<mailto:swiftslocalnetwork>@googlegroups.com>> wrote:
 
hi graham
I don't know if this 'counts' as a large colony in a single building, but we have 35 pairs breeding in our own cottage in Cumbria. Over a third are in natural nests in the eaves, the rest are in Cambridge system bricks or S bricks and 4 pairs in boxes.
regards
Tanya & Edmund
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Subject: Re: [SLN] Largest Swift colonies on a single building?
 
Hi Graham,
The last time we checked, St Mary's Ely had 58 pairs in 96 nest boxes.
I think St John's Bury St Edmunds has a similar number in 60 nest boxes.
My own church, All Saints' Landbeach has 22 pairs in 60 nest boxes
At one point, St Mary's St Neot's had 48 pairs in 60 nest boxes - down to 4 pairs last year thanks to a Kestrel.
I don't know of any large single building colones near here.
Dick
 
On Sun, 22 Mar 2026 at 13:52, Graham Knight <gpk...@gmail.com<mailto:gpk593<mailto:gpk593>@gmail.com>> wrote:
Dear all
 
I am looking for examples of the largest Swift colonies on a single building. I am aware of the Oxford NHM tower (53 breeding attempts in 2025) but am interested in other similar or larger colonies
 
In East Hertfordshire, we have been surveying the wonderful Swift colony at Redwood Court in Bishop's Stortford, where the Swifts nest in the many slots in the brickwork under the eaves - photos attached. This is an old Victorian Hospital building which was converted to flats in the 1990's. The Swifts have probably nested here for many years, but it was only "discovered" as a significant colony in 2023.
 
Since then, Gavin Vicary (NE Herts Swift Group) and I have carried out a great deal of survey work to establish the size of the colony. In 2025 we observed Swifts using 47 of the slots, and in the last 3 summers, we have seen them using a total of 70 different slots.
 
It is not the easiest building to survey, but we think it has 60-70 nesting pairs.
 
Unfortunately the management company wants to carry out redecorating works this summer. We are trying our best to engage with them and try to defer any scaffolding until the Swifts have gone.
 
Any details of other large single-building colonies would help us to put the importance of the site into context
 
Best wishes
 
Graham Knight
Sawbridgeworth Swifts
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Thank you Alistair from Devon Wildlife Trust really comprehensive and useful webinar on funding opportunities- inspiring!
 
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Tanya Hoare <ta.h...@btinternet.com>: Mar 25 09:48AM
 
hi graham
 
I don't know if this 'counts' as a large colony in a single building, but we
 
have 35 pairs breeding in our own cottage in Cumbria. Over a third are in
 
natural nests in the eaves, the rest are in Cambridge system bricks or S
 
bricks and 4 pairs in boxes.
 
regards
 
Tanya & Edmund
 
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Subject: Re: [SLN] Largest Swift colonies on a single building?
 
Hi Graham,
 
The last time we checked, St Mary's Ely had 58 pairs in 96 nest boxes.
 
I think St John's Bury St Edmunds has a similar number in 60 nest boxes.
 
My own church, All Saints' Landbeach has 22 pairs in 60 nest boxes
 
At one point, St Mary's St Neot's had 48 pairs in 60 nest boxes - down to 4
 
pairs last year thanks to a Kestrel.
 
I don't know of any large single building colones near here.
 
Dick
 
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Dear all
 
I am looking for examples of the largest Swift colonies on a single
 
building. I am aware of the Oxford NHM tower (53 breeding attempts in 2025)
 
but am interested in other similar or larger colonies
 
In East Hertfordshire, we have been surveying the wonderful Swift colony at
 
Redwood Court in Bishop's Stortford, where the Swifts nest in the many slots
 
in the brickwork under the eaves - photos attached. This is an old Victorian
 
Hospital building which was converted to flats in the 1990's. The Swifts
 
have probably nested here for many years, but it was only "discovered" as a
 
significant colony in 2023.
 
Since then, Gavin Vicary (NE Herts Swift Group) and I have carried out a
 
great deal of survey work to establish the size of the colony. In 2025 we
 
observed Swifts using 47 of the slots, and in the last 3 summers, we have
 
seen them using a total of 70 different slots.
 
It is not the easiest building to survey, but we think it has 60-70 nesting
 
pairs.
 
Unfortunately the management company wants to carry out redecorating works
 
this summer. We are trying our best to engage with them and try to defer any
 
scaffolding until the Swifts have gone.
 
Any details of other large single-building colonies would help us to put the
 
importance of the site into context
 
Best wishes
 
Graham Knight
 
Sawbridgeworth Swifts
 
Facebook - Sawbridgeworth Swifts
 
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Tony Croft <the.cro...@gmail.com>: Mar 25 09:56AM
 
Sadly we've had 7 empty boxes for 2 years now....our last fledglings left 3
 
years ago and no returns....☹️
 
End of last season we had 2 pairs visit at the end of the season (attracted
 
by the caller we have installed we think ) so fingers crossed for this year.
 
We've had swifts with an expanded colony for over 40yrs.. We do miss them.
 
Best Regards
 
Tony & Anne
 
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